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Aegis Class heavy cruiser FRAM I refit

Despite their great age, the Aegis class was one of the most common vessels in Clan service with the majority serving under the colours of Clan Snow Raven and Clan Jade Falcon whilst Clan Nova Cat also had a full Star’s worth of the cruisers in active service as well.  Heavily armoured and well-armed the slow cruiser was still giving good service despite centuries of service. 

Still this did not mean that changes could not be made and the Falcons included their vessels in a FRAM I refit that would take them out of service for 2 – 4 months per vessel depending on yard availability.  The less intrusive FRAM I refit was undertaken because there was little room on the Aegis class for alteration without significant and resource intensive rebuilding.  The classes great age, design focus, power grid layout and weapons placement meant that little could be changed so the Falcons in turn concentrated on fixing some flaws with the class that had turned up during Clan and SLDF service.

The fuel bunkers were doubled in size, allowing the ship to carry up to 2,000 tons of metallic hydrogen slush fuel for her own engines as well as her four DropShips and onboard fighter complement.  Cargo space actually increased whilst the classes well regarded quarters remained as luxurious as always, well, luxurious by Clan and naval standards.

Unfortunately the AC heavy focus of the Aegis class meant that without severe structural changes the ship simply could not take new weapon type.  Too much space was devoted to the ammunition feeding and loading systems, so to eliminate them would require time consuming changes, and then the power grid would have to be expanded and increased for any new energy weapon fittings.  As the Falcons would have to refit eight ships, the resource cost of such a program was simply deemed too great.  And so, the Aegis retained its heavy battery of autocannons although there were some changes.  The paired AC-35’s were replaced with a quadruple mounting for NAC-10’s in the forward quarters of the ship.  The aft quarter missile launchers were refitted to fire the Barracuda missile, whilst a quartet of NAC-10’s were mounted to cover the stern arcs.  The biggest change though was to increase the cruisers ammunition loadout.  Always a drawback for the Class, the ammunition for its autocannons and missiles was roughly doubled, allowing for far greater endurance in a battle if needed.

Point defence was covered by a mixture of ER lasers and pulse lasers as these required the least internal changes and put the least strain on the ships power grid.  No point defences could be installed on the broadside arcs due to the need to keep the sky arcs clear for the autocannons and additional power linkages and ammo hoists would have been difficult to install with the limited hull space available.  Still it was felt that the cruisers armament, along with friendly OmniFighters would be able to fend off all but the heaviest of fighter threats.

As part of their ‘agreement’ with the Ravens, the Falcons shared the FRAM I refit details with the Ravens who would go on to refit their ships to a similar standard over the ensuing years and both Clans cruiser flotillas were fully upgraded by the time of REVIVAL.
Clan Nova Cat would also refit their Aegis class ships to a very similar fashion, the main difference being weapon positions and the model used rather but the result was nearly the same and all three Clans ships would face action in the years to come.



Class/Model/Name: Aegis Class Heavy Cruiser FRAM I refit
Tech: Clan
Ship Cost: $19,855,371,920.00
Magazine Cost: $45,600,000.00
BV2: 80,517

Mass: 750,000
K-F Drive System: Compact with L-F Battery
Power Plant: Maneuvering Drive
Safe Thrust: 2
Maximum Thrust: 3

Armor Type: Ferro-Carbide

Armament:
10 Naval AC 35
24 Laser Large ER (C)
20 Laser Medium Pulse (C)
18 AMS (C)
8 Capital Launcher White Shark
4 Capital Launcher Barracuda
12 Naval AC 10
12 Naval Laser 55
24 Naval AC 20
4 Naval Laser 45
4 Laser Medium ER (C)

Class/Model/Name: Aegis Class Heavy Cruiser FRAM I refit
Mass: 750,000

Equipment: Mass
Drive: 90,000.00
Thrust
Safe: 2
Maximum: 3
Controls: 1,875.00
K-F Hyperdrive: Compact with L-F Battery (16 Integrity) 346,875.00
Jump Sail: (5 Integrity) 68.00
Structural Integrity: 75 56,250.00
Total Heat Sinks: 2719(5438) Double 2,250.00
Fuel & Fuel Pumps: 6622 points 2,701.98
Fire Control Computers: 0.00
Armor: 590 pts Ferro-Carbide 655.00
Fore: 94
Fore-Left/Right: 101/101
Aft-Left/Right: 101/101
Aft: 92

Dropship Capacity: 4 4,000.00
Grav Decks:
Small: 2 100.00
Medium: 0.00
Large: 0.00
Escape Pods: 35 245.00
Life Boats: 35 245.00

Crew And Passengers:
47 Officers in 2nd Class Quarters 329.00
148 Crew in 2nd Class Quarters 1,036.00
82 Gunners and Others in 2nd Class Quarters 574.00
65 Bay Personnel 0.00
1st Class Passengers 0.00
2nd Class Passengers 0.00
25 Steerage Passengers 125.00


# Weapons Loc Heat Damage Range Mass
2 Naval AC 35 Nose 240 700 (70-C) Medium-C 8,000.00
4 Laser Large ER (C) Nose 48 40 (4-C) 16.00
4 Laser Medium Pulse (C) Nose 16 24 (2.4-C) 8.00
3 AMS (C) Nose 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50

3 Capital Launcher White Shark FL 45 90 (9-C) 360.00
4 Naval AC 10 FL 120 400 (40-C) 8,000.00
4 Laser Large ER (C) FL 48 40 (4-C) 16.00
4 Laser Medium Pulse (C) FL 16 24 (2.4-C) 8.00
3 AMS (C) FL 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50

3 Capital Launcher White Shark FR 45 90 (9-C) 360.00
4 Naval AC 10 FR 120 400 (40-C) 8,000.00
4 Laser Large ER (C) FR 48 40 (4-C) 16.00
4 Laser Medium Pulse (C) FR 16 24 (2.4-C) 8.00
3 AMS (C) FR 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50

3 Naval Laser 55 LBS 255 165 (16.5-C) 3,300.00
2 Naval AC 35 LBS 240 700 (70-C) 8,000.00
2 Naval AC 35 LBS 240 700 (70-C) 8,000.00
3 Naval AC 20 LBS 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00
3 Naval AC 20 LBS 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00

3 Naval Laser 55 RBS 255 165 (16.5-C) 3,300.00
2 Naval AC 35 RBS 240 700 (70-C) 8,000.00
2 Naval AC 35 RBS 240 700 (70-C) 8,000.00
3 Naval AC 20 RBS 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00
3 Naval AC 20 RBS 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00

3 Naval Laser 55 AL 255 165 (16.5-C) 3,300.00
3 Naval AC 20 AL 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00
3 Naval AC 20 AL 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00
2 Capital Launcher Barracuda AL 20 40 (4-C) 180.00
4 Laser Large ER (C) AL 48 40 (4-C) 16.00
4 Laser Medium Pulse (C) AL 16 24 (2.4-C) 8.00
3 AMS (C) AL 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50

3 Naval Laser 55 AR 255 165 (16.5-C) 3,300.00
3 Naval AC 20 AR 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00
3 Naval AC 20 AR 180 600 (60-C) 7,500.00
2 Capital Launcher Barracuda AR 20 40 (4-C) 180.00
4 Laser Large ER (C) AR 48 40 (4-C) 16.00
4 Laser Medium Pulse (C) AR 16 24 (2.4-C) 8.00
3 AMS (C) AR 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50

4 Naval Laser 45 Aft 280 180 (18-C) 3,600.00
2 Capital Launcher White Shark Aft 30 60 (6-C) 240.00
4 Naval AC 10 Aft 120 400 (40-C) 8,000.00
4 Laser Large ER (C) Aft 48 40 (4-C) 16.00
3 AMS (C) Aft 3 9 (0.9-C) 1.50
4 Laser Medium ER (C) Aft 20 28 (2.8-C) 4.00

Aerospace Complement - 20 Omnifighters
Small Craft - 5
25 Marines/Elementals
Cargo Capacity - 87.000 tons

Ammuniton:

NAC-35 - 248 rounds
NAC-20 - 640 rounds
NAC-10 - 220 rounds
White Shark - 160 rounds
Barracuda - 80 rounds
AMS - 1080 rounds.
As always, thoughts/comments are most welcome.